Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the applicant's failure to demonstrate a rural-generated housing need, inadequate proposals for wastewater and water services, and the development's negative visual impact on a sensitive landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide satisfactory documentation to verify a local connection to the area or substantiate a rural-generated housing need, rendering the proposal contrary to the core rural housing provisions of the County Development Plan.
- The technical proposal to utilize a single wastewater treatment system for two separate dwellings, combined with a lack of specific water supply details, is considered prejudicial to public health and contrary to environmental standards.
- The proposed dwelling represents disorderly overdevelopment in a Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area, which would fail to assimilate into the rural location and would interfere with the character and visual amenity of the landscape.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 2Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective LCM 2Policy Objective LCM 3Policy Objective WS 4Objective WW6DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 9DM Standard 36DM Standard 38DM Standard 46
Decision Document Summary
Aaron Keane sought permission to construct a 57 sqm timber-frame modular home at Cluain Duibh, Maigh Cuilinn, located within the curtilage of an existing residential site in a Class 3 Special Landscape Sensitivity area. Galway County Council refused the application because the applicant did not demonstrate a specific rural housing need or local connection. Furthermore, the council found the proposed infrastructure unacceptable, specifically the plan to share an existing wastewater system between...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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